There was a video circulating the net a bout a year ago showing Dillons guns being fired from helicoptors
hksw said:Am I reading this right? The government has a multibarrel machinegun system named after Mike Dillon?
Guy B. Meredith said:Won't take up space with the full article, but the SF Chronicle Science Editor says:
"some mounted on vehicles and others at undisclosed fixed locations, but for security reasons declined to say exactly how many or when"
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/03/MNGR9H2AM71.DTL
PinnedAndRecessed said:Appears that Dillon designed, manufactured and marketed the weapon to the military. It bears his name.
Trebor said:Not exactly. General Electric (GE) designed the Minigun originally. They ceased supporting the weapon some time back and Dillon bought the spares, parts, and the rights. His company now supports the weapons in service and manufactures parts and spares. I believe he also makes new weapons. I'm sure Dillon Aero has added to the design over time, but the original design was by GE.
There is nothing in that lab that poses a nuclear threat.
c_yeager said:Then why the firepower?
It all depends on the nature of the "nuclear" research. When I was an undergrad, we did a number of experiments in physics during our lab courses which would be considered "nuclear" in nature, but they really posed less danger than the toxins you'd find in your local Home Depot. (The 1 curie Pu source we found in the back of a storage room would be a hazard if intentionally misused . . . but since we weren't terrorists, that's another story.). . . the phrases "nuclear lab" and "across the street from suburban homes" sound bad together.
HankB said:And as for proximity, I'd have to ask the question "What was there first, the lab or the homes?"
Byron Quick said:I certainly hope Livermore Lab's security forces are much better trained than the security forces at Georgia Power's nuclear plants. The range I shoot at is about 2 miles from Plant Vogtle. Had a couple of their security officers shooting AR-15's one day. They were prepraring for qualification fire according to their conversation. After a while, I took pity on them and showed them how to adjust the sights on their AR-15's. I keep thinking about that DEA agent,"I"m the only one in this room professional enough-BOOM!"
PinnedAndRecessed said:If you watch the video of this weapon, I don't get the impression you actually have to know how to aim. It simply vaporizes everything in front.
(Just kidding, of course.)
And as for proximity, I'd have to ask the question "What was there first, the lab or the homes?"
Herself said:I'd rather see the Atomic Police with BARs, if they're in need of serious firepower. Probably issue 2 or 3 for well under the price of a single Dillon Aero.
--Herself
puffiewon said:This is where your friends who got 4.5gpa's and math scholarships go to work.
cracked butt said:A guy I used to work with had worked at the Hanford Nuclear facility. He told me that they had long hallways leading into and inside the facility with 2 gun ports at each corner wall where a Marine would be stationed to be able to shoot down each corridor.